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imaginal discs

imaginal discs is the plural of imaginal disc.

Meaning of imaginal disc

Noun

imaginal disc (plural imaginal discs)

  1. Any of several pairs of discs within the body of a larva that become part of the outside during the pupal stage of holometabolism (complete metamorphosis).
    • The arrangement of the imaginal discs (buds) in situ in the anterior of the larva of P. brassicae has been illustrated by Gonin (1894) and their development has been shown in a series of six diagrams by Mercier in Portier (1949).1982, John Feltwell, Large White Butterfly: The Biology, Biochemistry, and Physiology of Pieris brassicae (Linnaeus), Kluwer Academic (Dr W. Junk Publishers), page 142

Questions about imaginal discs

What is imaginal discs the plural of?
Imaginal discs is the plural of imaginal disc.

Words near imaginal discs in the dictionary

  1. imaginable
  2. imaginableness
  3. imaginably
  4. imaginal
  5. imaginal disc
  6. imaginal discs
  7. imaginally
  8. imaginant
  9. imaginants
  10. imaginaria
  11. imaginaries

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